Sweat, Mrs. Margaret Jane – Swett, Susan Hartley
Sweat, Mrs. Margaret Jane
(MUZZEY), author, was born Nov. 28, 1823, in Portland, Maine. She is the author of Ethel's Love Life; and Highways of Travel, or a Summer in Europe.
Sweeney, W. N
lawyer, congressman, was born May 5, 1832, in Kentucky. In 1868 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-first congress.
Sweeney, Zachary Taylor
clergyman, lecturer, author, was born Feb. 10, 1849, in Liberty, Ky. He received his education in the Eureka and the De Pauw universities.
For twenty-four years he was pastor of one of the largest churches among the religious people of his choice, and editorially connected with several of his denominational journals. He has been connected with Butler university in the capacity of chancellor. He is the author of a book of travel; has been president of the Indiana Christian Sunday-school convention; president of the Indiana Anti-Liquor league; was United States consul-general to the Ottoman Empire from 1889 to 1891, and was imperial Ottoman commissioner to the World's Columbian exposition.
He was decorated by the Sultan of Turkey with the order of the Osmanieh.
Sweeny, George
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1839 to 1843.
Sweet, Alexander Edwin
soldier, journalist, author, was born March 28, 1841, in St. John, N. B. He is a Texas journalist who served in the confederate army, and is the author of Three Dozen Good Stories from Texas Siftings.
Sweet, Benjamin Jeffrey
soldier, was born April 24, 1832, in Kirkland, N. Y. He served with distinction through the civil war, and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died Jan. 1, 1874, in Washington, D. C.
Sweet, Elnathan
civil engineer, author, was born Nov. 20, 1837, in Cheshire, Mass. In 1876-80 he was division engineer of New York state canals, and he was elected state engineer in 1883, which office he held for four years from Jan. 1, 1884. His writings include annual reports that he issued from Albany during the years he held office, and various technical papers.
Sweet, Homer De Lois
civil engineer, author, was born Jan. 24, 1826, in Pompey, N. Y. He is a civil engineer of Syracuse, and the author of The Averys of Groton, a genealogy; and Twilight Hours in the Adirondacks.
Sweet, John Edson
inventor, mechanical engineer, was born Oct. 21, 1832, in Pompey, N. Y. This successful inventor and manufacturer is president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. For many years he was professor of practical mechanics in Cornell university.
Sweet, Sylvester James Perry
educator, author, was born April 30, 1853, near Waupun, Wis. Since 1891 he has been president of the Santa Rosa Business college, California. He is the author of Sweet's Short Methods in Arithmetic; Sweet's Bookkeeping; Elements of Geometry; Sweet's System of Practical Penmanship; and other works.
Sweet, Willis
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 1, 1856, in Alburg Springs, Vt. He was appointed United States attorney for Idaho in 1888, and was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Idaho in 1889, which position he held until the admission of Idaho into the union. He was elected to the unexpired term of the fifty-first congress, and re-elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a republican.
Sweetser, Charles
congressman, was born in Vermont. He was a representative in congress from Ohio, from 1849 to 1853.
Sweetser, Charles Humphreys
journalist, author, was born Aug. 25, 1841, in Athol, Mass. He was a journalist of New York city and subsequently of Chicago. He was the author of Songs of Amherst; History of Amherst College; and Tourist's and Invalid's Guide to the Northwest. He died Jan. 1, 1871, in Palatka, Fla.
Sweetser, Henry Edward
journalist, was born Feb. 19, 1837, in New York city. In 1860 he was made night editor of the World, and in 1863 he founded, with his brother, Charles H. Sweetser, the Round Table, from which he withdrew in 1866, and, after a short visit to Europe, returned to New York and engaged in editorial work until his death. He died Feb. 17, 1870, in New York city.
Sweetser, Moses Foster
author, was born Sept. 22, 1848, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a Boston writer who has published Europe for Two Dollars a Day; Artist Biographies; Summer Days Down East; Guide-Books to New England, the Middle States, the White Mountains, and the Maritime Provinces; and In Distance and in Dream, a story. He died in 1897.
Sweetser, William
physician, educator, author, was born Sept. 8, 1797, in Boston, Mass. He was a physician who was professor of medicine at Bowdoin college in 1845-61, and the author of Treatise on Consumption; Digestion and Its Disorders; Mental Hygiene; and Human Life. He died Oct. 14, 1875, in New York city.
Sweney, John Robson
musician, composer, was born Dec. 31, 1837, in West Chester, Pa. He has charge of the music in Bethany Presbyterian church, Philadelphia.
His publications are: Gems of Praise; The Garner; Joy to the World; The Quiver; The Wells of Salvation; Anthems and Voluntaries; Songs of Redeeming Love; Songs of Triumph; Our Sabbath Home; Sabbath Home; Melodious Sonnets; Songs of Joy and Gladness; Joyful Wing; Infant Praises; Banner Anthem Book; Glad Hallelujahs; and Showers of Blessing.
Sweney, Joseph Henry
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1845, in Warren county, Pa.
He was a sergeant in company K. twentyseventh regiment Iowa infantry, in which company he served for three years. He was colonel of the sixth regiment national guard of Iowa, for four years; and brigadier and inspector-general of the state, resigning after his election to congress. In 1883 he was elected state senator, and was re-elected in 1.887. In 1886 he was, by unanimous votes of republican and democratic senators, elected president pro tempore, and presided over the joint convention at the inauguration of Governor Larrabee and Lieutenant-Governor Hull. He was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republi- He now practices law in Osage, can.
Iowa.
Swensberg, C. G
educator, soldier, journalist, was born Sept. 20, 1835, in Germany. In 1866 he opened the Grand Rapids Commercial college, Mich. He is the president of the Telegram Publishing company, and is president of the board of public works of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Swensson, Carl A
clergyman, lecturer, author, was born June 25, 1857, in Sugar Grove, Pa. He has received a thorough education in the universities of America and Europe; and has had conferred upon him the degrees of A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. In 1885 he was secretary of the general council of the evangelical lutheran church; and president of the same in 1893-94. In 1888-89 he served with distinction as a member of the Kansas state legislature, and since 1891 has been pastor of the Bethany lutheran church of Lindsborg, Kan. He was the founder of Bethany college, and president of that institution since 1891. He is a distinguished lecturer; the author of several Swedish works, and for nearly a quarter of a century has contributed to the periodical press.
Swett, John Appleton
physician, author, was born Dec. 3, 1808, in Boston, Mass. He was a physician of New York city, and the author of Diseases of the Chest. He died Sept. 18, 1854, in New York city.
Swett, Josiah
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 4, 1814, in Claremont, N.
H. He was an episcopal clergyman long prominent in Vermont, and the author of English Grammar; Pastoral Visiting; Family Prayer; and The Firmament in the Midst of the Waters. He died in 1890.
Swett, Leonard
lawyer, state legislator, was born Aug. 11, 1825, near Turner, Maine. In 1865 he removed to Chicago. In 1852-61 he took an active part in politics, canvassing the state several times and in 1858, at the special request of Mr.
Lincoln, was a candidate for the legislature on the republican ticket, and was elected by a large majority. He delivered the oration at the unveiling of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 22, 1887. He died June 8, 1889, in Chicago, Ill.
Swett, Samuel
author, was born June 9, 1782, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a prominent citizen of Boston who during the war of 1812 served in the American army as a topographical engineer. He was the author of History and Topographical Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle; Who was Commander at Bunker Hill? and Sketches of Distinguished Men of Newbury and Newburyport. He died Oct. 28, 1866, in Newburyport, Mass.
Swett, Sophia Miriam
author, was born in 186- in Maine. She is a writer of short stories and juvenile books, living at Arlington, Mass. She is the author of Pennyroyal and Mint; The Lollipops' Vacation; Captain Polly; Flying Hill Farm; The Mate of the Mary Ann; Cap'n Thistletop; and The Ponkaty Branch Road.
Swett, Susan Hartley
author, was born in 186- in Maine. She is a writer of Arlington, Mass., and the author of Field Clover and Beach Grass, a volume of short stories.